Jailed FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried asks court for new trial
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Sam Bankman-Fried has filed a pro se motion seeking a new trial in his federal fraud case, according to court filings in the Southern District of New York. Summary Sam Bankman-Fried has filed a pro se motion seeking a new trial in his federal FTX fraud case. The filing argues that testimony from two former FTX executives was improperly absent from the trial. The motion is separate from Bankman-Fried’s pending appeal of his conviction and 25-year sentence. The jailed former FTX chief argues that key witness testimony was missing from his 2023 trial, undermining his right to a fair proceeding. Bankman-Fried is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence after being convicted on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy tied to the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange. The motion was submitted under Rule 33 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which allows courts to grant a new trial in cases of newly discovered evidence or a miscarriage of justice. BREAKING: SBF just filed for a new trial claiming he was a political target of the Biden administration. He submitted a motion today in the Southern District of New York, arguing his conviction violated due process, citing Rule 33 of Federal Criminal Procedure. His core claim:… pic.twitter.com/WAazlQpr95 — Milk Road (@MilkRoad) February 10, 2026 Because Bankman-Fried remains incarcerated, the filing was submitted on his behalf by his mother, Stanford Law School professor emerita Barbara Fried. FTX collapse and ongoing controversy FTX was once one of the largest crypto trading platforms in the world. Its sudden downfall in November 2022 followed revelations that its sister trading firm, Alameda Research, was heavily financed with customer funds — creating an estimated multibillion-dollar gap in client assets and triggering a liquidity crisis that forced FTX and related companies into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Bankman-Fried’s conviction in…
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